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Report of the State Entomologist. 



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In Diptera. 



" Flax-seeds " (puparia) of the Hessian-fly, Cecidomyia destructor Say, 

 in wheat. From Prof. F. M. Webster, LaFayette, Ind. 



Galls of Lasioptera vitis 0. S., June 27th. From H. L. Fisk, 

 AVorcester, Mass. 



Tipulid larvffl found in association with cocoons of Nematus Erich- 

 sonii, May 18th. From Eev. H. W. Swinnerton, Cherry Valley, N. Y. 



The " cow-fly," Htcmatobia serrata Desvd. From Samuel W. Suimer, 

 Mount Holley, N. J. 



In Coleoptera. 



Dytiscus fasciventris Say. From Joseph Harvey, Albany, Oct. 20th. 

 The same from John D. Collins, Utica, N. Y., Nov. 5th. 



Dytiscus Harrisii Kirby, October 24th. From H. G. Settle, Saratoga 

 Springs, N. Y. 



The carpet-beetle, Anthrenus scrophularice Linn., from Crocus, 

 April 27th. From Mrs. Hoagland, Albany, N. Y. 



Alaus oculatus (Linn.). From Mrs. E. W. K. Lasell, Orange, N. J. 



Anomala lucicola (Fabr.), the light-loving grapevine-beetle, July 13th. 

 From W. W. Sweet, Hightstown, N. J. 



Pelidnota punctata (Linn.), Desmocerus palliatus (Forst.), and Saperda 

 Candida Fabr. From C. G. Belknap, Branchport, N. Y. 



Oak twigs cut by the oak-tree pruner, Elaphidion parallelum Newm. 

 From George T. Lyman, Bellport, N. Y. ; also, from Dr. James W. Hall, 

 Sea Cliff, L. I., N. Y. ; also, from C. Fred Johnson, Bayport, N. Y. 



Monohammus confusor (Kirby). From Berthold Fernow, Albany, N.Y. 



A Cerambycid-beetle (four inches in length, species undetermined), 

 from Colon, Central America. From M. B. Harriot, Albany, N. Y. 



The elm-leaf beetle, Galeruca xanthomelcena (Schr.), May 1st. From 

 D. J. Garth, Scarsdale, N. Y. 



Aramigus Fulleri Horn, from a rose-house, June 30th. From W. J. 

 Palmer, Rochester, N. Y. 



Plum curculio oviposition in young pears, June 8th. From P. 

 Barry, Rochester, N. Y.; also, the same, in young cherries, June 7th, 

 from George S. Powell, Ghent, N. Y. 



The grain-weevil, Galandra granaria (Linn.), in wheat. From Abner 

 L. Backus & Sons, Toledo, O. 



Young Duchess pear trees (sections) girdled by Xyleborus pyri 

 (Peck), and containing the beetle, May 22d. From Norman Pomroy, 

 Lockport, N. Y. ; also from E. S. Goff, Geneva, N. Y. 



Phlceotribus liminaris (Harris) — the living beetle in bark of peach 

 tree, October 19th. From David Huntington, Somerset, Niagara 

 Co., N. Y. 



